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Referee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organisation, and classification of the Fossil Reptilia. IV. On a large humerus from the East Brak River, South Africa, indicating a new order of fossil animals which was more nearly intermediate between reptiles and mammals than the groups hitherto known' by Harry Govier Seeley

Reference number: RR/10/219

Date: 12 June 1888

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Has compared the paper, John Whitaker Hulke's report and the original specimen. Agrees on the whole with the other referee.

Subject: Zoology, Palaeontology, Geology

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

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RR/10/219
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12 June 1888
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry Flower, Referee's report by William Henry Flower, on a paper 'Researches on the structure, organisation, and classification of the Fossil Reptilia. IV. On a large humerus from the East Brak River, South Africa, indicating a new order of fossil animals which was more nearly intermediate between reptiles and mammals than the groups hitherto known' by Harry Govier Seeley, 12 June 1888, RR/10/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_219/referees-report-by-william-henry-flower-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-structure-organisation-and-classification-of-the-fossil-reptilia-iv-on-a-large-humerus-from-the-east-brak-river-south-africa-indicating-a-new-order-of-fossil-animals-which-was-more-nearly-intermediate-between-reptiles-and-mammals-than-the-groups-hitherto-known-by-harry-govier-seeley, accessed on 16 February 2025

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